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AJC lauds Supreme Court decision to remove online hate speech

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The Supreme Court cast its decision on Monday on a case challenging Florida and Texas laws, Moody v. NetChoice, restricting the ability of technology companies to moderate offensive content online. The American Jewish Committee released a statement on Tuesday heralding...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, 2013. (Steve Petteway, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States)

That lonely Jewish seat on the Supreme Court

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Here’s a joke: “A Jew, a black and a hispanic walk into a bar... association.... ” It’s not really a joke, but rather a colorful way of describing the composition of liberal Justices on the U.S....
A security fence protefcting the U.S. Supreme Court on May 5, 2022, amid protests over the possible overturning of "Roe v Wade." Photo by Philip Yabut/Shutterstock.

As they attack Israeli judiciary reform, Biden, Democrats undermine US Supreme Court

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In recent weeks, U.S. President Joe Biden called the Supreme Court ruling that he lacked the authority to waive student debt “wrong,” adding, “This fight is not over.” When the Supreme Court ruled that...
The western facade of the U.S. Supreme Court building at dusk in Washington, D.C. Credit: Joe Ravi via Wikimedia Commons.

Jews and affirmative action

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For most of this year, we have been paying a tremendous amount of attention to the Israeli judicial system. But the U.S. Supreme Court recently reminded us why it’s a good idea to keep...
Shurat HaDin President Nitsana Darshan-Leitner (right) with Beatriz and Jose Gonzalez, parents of Nohemi Gonzalez, a student killed in the Paris terrorist attacks. Credit: Shurat HaDin.

US Supreme Court rules for Big Tech in terror cases

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week against the families of terrorism victims in two separate cases in which the plaintiffs accused Google, Twitter and Facebook of “aiding and abetting” attacks by failing to...
Trevor Bexon. Credit: Trevor Bexon/Shutterstock.

Supreme Court hears oral arguments on employee’s right to observe Sabbath

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The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in a case centered on the rights of employees to observe their religious Sabbath, or day of rest. Both religious and secular Jewish groups are watching Groff v. DeJoy closely, and...
U.S. President Joe Biden announcing the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Source: Screenshot.

The problem with affirmative-action justice

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For much of the 20th century, there was a “Jewish seat” in the U.S. Supreme Court. It was first occupied by Justice Louis Brandeis, who served from 1916 to 1939. He was succeeded by...
The Supreme Court of the United States. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Jewish organizations join to urge Supreme Court to review terror-financing case

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A number of Jewish organizations have submitted a friend-of-the-court brief this week asking for the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case involving a British bank accused of helping fund Hamas terrorist in activity...
U.S. Supreme Court. Credit: Pixabay.

Jewish groups urge public funding for private schools ahead of Supreme Court case

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Several Jewish groups have filed friend-of-the-court briefs in support of a case that could determine whether public funding could be given to parochial schools for secular education. In Carson V. Makin, parents of parochial-school students argued...
Tombstone of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, September 2021. Source: Screenshot.

Tombstone of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg unveiled in Arlington National Cemetery

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The tombstone of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, was unveiled days before the first anniversary of her death on Sept. 18. The grave marker was revealed over the...